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NFL record smashed by Buccaneers’ victory over Seahawks in Munich

The game played in Bayern Munich’s stadium was watched by a whopping 5.8 million as Tom Brady brought his Tampa Bay side across the pond to defeat the Seattle Seahawks

The NFL has revealed they broke international viewing records when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks travelled to Germany this past weekend to play a regular season game.

It was the first ever time that a game had been played in Germany, also the first to be played in Europe outside of the UK, with Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay side being victorious over a red-hot Seattle team, coming into the game on a four-game winning streak.

Almost 70,000 had been in attendance at the sell-out crowd at the Allianz Arena, which showed an exciting game as fans made themselves heard by chanting and singing during timeouts and after touchdowns.

And the NFL also confirmed that 5.8 million watched the game – the most watched international game on record. A statement from the NFL read: “Viewership of 5.8 million across TV & digital. 2022 Delivered NFL Network’s three-most watched international games ever.

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